Throughout
history butterflies have fascinated artists and philosophers, scientists and
schoolchildren with their profound mystery and beauty. In Metamorphosis you
will explore their remarkable world as few ever have before. Spectacular photography,
computer animation and magnetic resonance imaging open once hidden doors to
every stage of a butterfly's life-cycle. From an egg the size of a pinhead to
a magnificent flying insect. It is a transformation so incredible biologists
have called it "butterfly magic." The superbly engineered body of
a butterfly is magnified hundreds of times to reveal compound eyes made of thousands
of individual lenses, wings covered with microscopic solar panels that warm
the insect's muscles for flight, and navigational systems that unerringly guide
Monarch butterflies on their annual migration from Canada to Mexico. How did
these extraordinary creatures come into being? Are they the products of a blind,
undirected process? Or, were they designed by an intelligence that transcends
the material world? Filmed in the rain forests of Ecuador, Mexico's Trans-Volcanic
mountain range, and leading research centers, Metamorphosis is an unforgettable
documentary filled with the joys of discovery and wonder.